Safest Cars: Volvo S60

Driving is such an everyday occurrence in our lives that we do not think much about the dangers, but we all know the statistics: traveling by car is one of the most dangerous forms of transportation. Automobile safety and technological advancements have made cars safer than they have ever been, but when it comes time to buy a new car we cannot do enough to arm ourselves against... the odds. The safest cars excel in two areas: accident prevention and crashworthiness. Measures such as handling, braking performance, and stability control play into the former; airbags, seatbelt pretentioners and crumple zones/chassis deformation, the latter. Cars that are the safest earn high marks in reliability, security, and all-weather capability, not just survivability in an accident.read more